Aquila moore



(No Model.)

A. MOORE.

WASTE PLUG POR WASH BASINS.

Patented Nov. 13

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AQUILA MOORE, OF N E`W HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO PECK BROS. 85 COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

WASTE=PLUG FOR WASH-BASHNS.

SPECFICATIEN forming part of Letters Patent No. 392,819, dated November 13, .1888. Application filed September 24, 188B. Serial No. 286,188. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, AQUILA Moonn, of N ew Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut7 have invented a new Improvement in Vaste-Ilugs for Nash-Basins; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-

Figure l, aside View, a portion of the headilange broken away to show the supportingstud; Fig. 2, a vertical central section; Fig. 3, a side view of the socket-sleeve, showing the vertical slot therein; Fig. 4, a transverse section through the tube above the sleeve II.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of stoppers for wash-basins which are arranged outside the basin proper and supported in the top independent of the basin, and so that the upper end, projecting above the top, serves as a handle by which to withdraw or introduce the plug, and which device may also serve as the overflow for the basin, the object of the invention being a simple, cheap, and effective device; and the invention consists in the construction, as hereinafter described, and particularly recited in the claim.

A represents a socket constructed at its upper end with a flange, B, to rest ou the top of the Washstand, and is provided with a screwthreaded flanged nut, C, below, by which it may be firmly clamped to the top.. Through this socket the plug-tube D is arranged. This tube is of external diameter corresponding to the diameter ofthe socket B, and at its lower end is provided with a plug, E, of suitable material, such as india-rubber. This plug is hollow and made so as to open into the tube D, the plug itself being adapted to enter and fill the Waste F, this waste being applied in the usual manner.

The tube D extends above the socketAand terminates in a closed head, G. The socket is extended above the flange B, so as to form an annular sleeve, I-I, around the tube D above the socket, but through which the tube D may slide freely up and down. The head Gis coustructed with a downwardly-projeeting c0n centric ilange, I, of larger internal diameter than the external diameter of the sleeve H, and so that as the said tube is raised up and depressed the said flange I ofthe head will accordingly slide up and down upon the sleeve H. The sleeve H is constructed with one or more vertical slots, a. (See Figs. 3 and 4.)

Diametrically through the tube D a bar, I), is introduced, which projects upon opposite sides, forming studs d, corresponding to the vertical slots a in the sleeve H. These studs stand above the lower edge of the flange I of the head and in such relation to the sleeve H that when the studs rest on the top of the sleeve H the said flange I will still overlap the said sleeve, as seen in Fig. 2. When the sleeve is turned to bring the said studs into line with the slots a, then the tube D will drop, as indicated in broken lines, Figs. l and 2, so as to bring the plug E into its seat, and so as to close the waste, the studs passing down in the slots c. Then to open the waste, the tube D is raised to take the studs d out of the slots and above the end of the sleeve H. Then a partial rotation given to the tube D will bring the studs onto the upper edge of the sleeve and into notches e, formed therein, as seen in Fig; l, where the tube will rest. The notches, however, may be dispensed with and the studs simply rest upon the upper edge ofthe sleeve H.

The head G of the tube serves as a convenient handle by which it may be raised, and the flange I practically covers the mechanism between the tube and its socket, whereby it is permitted to be raised and held in the raised position or dropped into the closed position, thus giving a neat and nished appearance to the head, but yet hiding the mechanism of the device.

In case the tube D is to be used in the overflow, as in many cases is done, the tube is perfcrated at the required height, as atf, Figs. l and 2-a common expedient in this class of plugs.

Vhile this plug is made with special reference to wash-basins, it will be understood that Bit may he used in connection with bath-tubs and for other purposes where such a plug is applicable.

From the foregoing,` itwill be understood that I do not claim, broadly, a tube arranged within a Socket, carrying a plug at its lower end and provided with a head at its upper end, by whieh the said tube may be raised or dropped, and with mechanism between said tube and soeket,whereby the said tube may be Supported in the open position, as Such, broadly considered, I am aware is not new.

The combination of the stationary socket A, constructed with a concentric sleeve, 1I, upon its upper end, the tube D, niovably arranged through said sleeve and socket, the said tube provided with a plug at its lower end adapted to close the waste and at its upper end constructed with a head closing the said upper end, and the Said head constructed with a downwardly-projeeting concentric flange, the internal diameter of which corresponds substantially to the external diameter of the said Sleeve on the socket and so as to inolose the saine, the said sleeve constructed with one or more vertical. Slots and the tube provided with corresponding studs, substantially as and for the purpose described.

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